Tracey Mumford

Salsa, of course, has a big, rich global history.

A lot of people pick it up informally at weddings or family events.

Others go to studios to teach them.

But Bad Bunny, the most streamed artist in the world, promoting it definitely helps, especially among young people.

What also helps, people say, is that he's not a professional expert dancer.

Not to say he's not good, just that he dances like an everyday person, which kind of gives everyone else permission to join in, whatever their abilities.

Those are the headlines.

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I'm Tracy Mumford.

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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

I'm Tracey Mumford.

Today's Monday, February 23rd.

Here's what we're covering.

In Mexico, the government's announcement that it killed the nation's most wanted cartel boss has set off a wave of mayhem.

Authorities said that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, died in a government operation to capture him yesterday.

He was widely regarded as one of the country's most violent criminal figures, overseeing a powerful gang that trafficked drugs like cocaine, meth, and fentanyl, and expanded into other enterprises, too.

After his death, violence broke out across the country as cartel operatives responded with an unsettling show of force.